#FF005D

sRGB: 255 / 0 / 93
Color name: Flaming Hot Flamingoes

Cosmic tempests reshape eternity
Silent memories fade beyond remembrance
Tender memories shatter the chains of fate

The hex code for Flaming Hot Flamingoes is #FF005D. It belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 255 red, 0 green and 93 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 338.1° lands in the rose region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 50.0% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (5.41:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 255, 0, 93
HSL: 338.12°, 100.00%, 50.00%
HSV / HSB: 338.12°, 100.00%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 100.00%, 63.53%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 43.215, 22.054, 12.338
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 54.084, 82.389, 24.061
WCAG relative luminance: 0.22050
24-bit decimal: 16711773

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #FF005D in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 5.41:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text: 3.88:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#00FFA2 sits half a turn (180°) from #FF005D on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#FF005D #00FFA2

Analogous

#FF00DC and #FF2300 sit 30° to either side of #FF005D. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#FF00DC #FF005D #FF2300

Triadic

#FF005D, #5DFF00 and #005DFF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FF005D #5DFF00 #005DFF

Split complementary

Start at #FF005D and look across the wheel. #00FF22 and #00DDFF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FF005D #00FF22 #00DDFF

Square

Starting with #FF005D, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #DCFF00, #00FFA2, then #2300FF. Across the square, #FF005D pairs with #00FFA2, and #DCFF00 with #2300FF.

#FF005D #DCFF00 #00FFA2 #2300FF

Tetradic

#FF005D and #00FFA2 are opposites, as are #FFA200 and #005DFF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FF005D #FFA200 #00FFA2 #005DFF

Tints

Mixing #FF005D with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FF337D, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFCCDF, the mixture is 80% white.

#FF005D #FF337D #FF669E #FF99BE #FFCCDF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FF005D with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CC004A, keeps 80% of the original. By #330013, the mixture is 80% black.

#FF005D #CC004A #990038 #660025 #330013 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FF005D with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E61A64, keeps 80% of the original. By #996679, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FF005D #E61A64 #CC336B #B34D72 #996679 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#FF005D

RGB

rgb(255 0 93)

HSL

hsl(338.118 100.000% 50.000%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #FF005D;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FF005D uses 255 red, 0 green and 93 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 100.0%

Green 0.0%

Blue 36.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FF005D is 0.0% cyan, 100.0% magenta, 63.5% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 100.0%

Yellow 63.5%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #FF0055. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #F05 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #FF005D when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FF0066, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #FF0055 Nearest web-safe: #FF0066

Gradient to complement

#FF005D #D52B69 #AA5574 #808080 #55AA8B #2BD597 #00FFA2

Color vision previews

Compare how #FF005D appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#65635E

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#9E9157

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#FF0037

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#B2595B

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#C17758

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#FF0054

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#818181

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#CD5D71

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 1.00000 G 0.00000 B 0.10946

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.91749 G 0.20029 B 0.37613

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.82246 G 0.03319 B 0.11675

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.557 y 0.284 Y 22.054

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 0.000 M % 100.000 Y % 63.529

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11111111 00000000 01011101